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maxx:
We will blame this on on David50 it was his idea.And I thought it could be interesting.If it works that would be nice.We are going to need some other contributers beside me.So come on David50,Nik Martin,Arnold,JimB, Peter, Hajo,Ed,And any body else I forgot.

I will call this one ambushed at the Chinese restraunt.

08-08-09 I took my wife and son today to Alburqurque.So my wife could go grocery shopping at the Asian market.There is a Chinese restraunt around the corner from the market my wife likes to eat at.So everytime we go to Alb we stop there and eat lunch.

We have ben doing this since my wife came to the states so we are well known in this restraunt.The owner and the waitreses will come over and talk to my wife.While we are eating.

Today one of the wattreses told my wife she has a friend in China.Who got a divorce.And her friend now wants to marry a foriegn man.My wife tells the watresses about a web site that I signed my wifes friend up to.And she met and Married a Man from Houston Texas.

So I give the watress the web site name.And I  tell the waitress  how to do it.My wife tells the waitress that there was a simpler way to do this.

 I seen this man that was  sitting by himself eating.He had ben there a long time.And was takeing his time.Everytime the owner would walk by ore one of the watresses the man was watching them real close.And smiling way to much everytime they said something to him.He was a shy looking guy.(That looked a lot like Martin.I kid you not) I told my wife that the man really liked Chinese women

So my wife tells the waitress What I said about the man that he realy likes Asian's and  that he is to shy to say anything.So the waitress walks over to the mans table.And says in broken English.You like Chinese women.I have friend in China who would like to talk to you.

The mans face turns bright red and his jaw just hits the table.I almost fall out of the booth we are sitting at.I'm laughing so hard.All the man can do is just sit there.With this dumb look on his face.The watress is standing there waiting for a answer.And all I can do is laugh.

I finnaly pull myself together.Walk over to the mans table and tell him that she is not messing with him.That she realy does have a friend in China and she would like to meet a foriegn man.The man still can't get it together so I explain it to him again.And he finnaly gets it. I give him the address to here and tell him how to get here.

When we left the restraunt the man was giving the waitress his information.It looked like it was a start.

Sometimes Chinese women go straight to the point of what they are thinking.There is no pulling punches.They don't mean to be mean to you.They are just stating what they see and how they see it.

This was not the ordinary day.What was ordinary was having the owner at the table and the watresses talking to my wife playing with the boy.The 2 chinese restraunts we go to the Asian market we go to.The owners will always come over and talk.

It used to bother me.Because I thought they were talking about me.After some time My Chinese understanding improved a little bit.I figured out all they were talking about was they were  just exchanging information and Ideas.Just like we do here.

Ok you married guys I want to hear about the times you spend with your wive's

MLM:
Nice one Maxx and a hard one to follow, oh yeah I'm one of those anybody else you forgot :icon_biggrin:,
Lets see, i'll call this Shopping Day,
My wife and I go to an open market in south Philly for freash meat and veggies among other things, some things like spices, we spent most of our day going from stall to stall buying anything and everything it seemed, this is every weekso some of the shop keepers know me and especially my wife because she will arguee with them about price and usually walk away with a smile on her face and the owners of the stores have had some fun also, so this day we also went to Walmart to buy something, I can't remember what at this point but anyway when we went to pay for it my wife started to arguee about the price with the sales person, while I'm trying to tell her that this is not the way things are done here in major store chains, meanwhile she is starting to get loud so the manager comes over and she is telling him that she should not have to pay this much for this product and he is trying to tell her that this is the pricde and she must pay this price, she finally say to him that this product was made in her home country of China and that she is Chinese and she knows how much it cost in China so it should not be this much, she stated her case so long and so hard that the manager finally said okay, she could pay the amount that they haggeled to, there was this guy that kept saying things through out this haggeling like that one crazy Chinese bit*h and I would say pal you have no idea, you could have knocked him over with a feather when he heard the store manager say okay to a price, me , I was laughing so hard I almost pissed myself, she has been here for over 5 years and still she thinks she can haggel any price, any where, and does.

Peter:
Before Martin steals the show I have to tell you about when we went to a Spa in Changsha. It was Martin and his wife and me and Tina. All this happened on my first trip in April, before I was married....
As usual, and this is a fact, my wife will let me know what is going on in the last minute. For example she will tell us that we are invited to a dinner and will take a cab in 5 minutes. That leave me 5 minutes to take a shower and get dressed... I am getting used to this now but at the time all this happened I was only confused...
Tina and Martins wife had been talking a lot in Chinese and suddenly told me and Martin that we are going to visit a Spa. We took off in a cab and after a waiting for about 30 minutes on a street we finally went to the Spa.
We where meet by a lot of people and got a magnetic key and was showed the way to go, to the right. The Ladies went to the left. Me and Martin came in to a locker room and stood there waiting like two sheep's.. A man that spoke almost no English came forward and tried to tell us that we should take off all the clothes. After some confusion we took of the clothes and was showed to the next room where there was 2 small pools. We went into one of the pools for a while and was then showed to the next room where there was 3 saunas. One with steam and the other just ordinary saunas. After a while in the Sauna with steam we went over to one without steam. After a couple of minutes Martin had enough and went out and I stayed. After about 15 minutes I also went out. Into the next room where I was told to lay down on some kind of bench. A man came over and with something that reminded of a sandpaper scrubbed all over my body. The next room was filled with small stone pillars where I sat down and washed myself.. After this we went out in the final room and got some kind of shirt and shorts. Dressed up in this we where showed upstairs and to a resting room filled with big chairs. There was also our ladies and me and Martin sat down next to them. We where talking for a while before we fell into sleep.
When we woke up our ladies had gone away. Both Martin and I thought that this was the end so we went down to the looker room and started to get dressed. Suddenly an man came running and tried to explain for us that our Ladies was waiting upstairs for us. We had to get undressed again and into the clothes we got at the Spa again. Up the stairs and into another resting room where our ladies sat. While we was sleeping our Ladies just went to another room without telling us.
After a while we went to another room that had a pool table and  table tennis still wearing the clothes we got in the Spa. Finally, about 7 o'clock we where served a great buffet dinner. About 8 or 9 o'clock we left the Spa again.....
During this time no one have told us what was going to happen, neither Tina or Martin's wife... I guess that if we was told in advance what was going to happen it could have been a great experience and a very nice thing to do but our wifes just took for granted that we knew...
Living with my wife, those 5 weeks I had in China, have been a new experience because at home I like to have some kind of control over what is going to happen. In China thing just happens and I can't do or say anything about this.. It is decided long before I am told... This give my life in China a thrilling touch and it is only to get used to it..

Ed W:
My wife and I went to the lake park one day and were inquiring about the price of the paddleboats. While she's talking with the attendant this bum comes up to me obviously looking for a handout. I'm just slightly behind my wife and her back is to this bum, totally unaware he's behind her. I'm trying to trying to think of a not so obvious way of getting my wifes attetion since I'm not sure how to deal with this. It's not my country afer all and if I do wrong I can potentially take face from my wife or lose my own so I give my wife a quick poke in the side and motion behind her and as soon as she gets a look at him she instantly she spins around and says a few sharp words to him and grabs my hand and whisks me away. Now, I view the chinese language as a pretty sounding language and hardly know any of it myself (not for long since i'm enrolled in the chinese school near my home, beginning in Sept) but what she said to this guy was anything but pretty.

OK, so that's no so much an everyday thing but thought it was funny none the less. I did however realize something today. My wife will alter her sense of duty. I'm not gonna hijack this thread though. Look for it later.

Arnold:
Well , here is one incidence that I posted at Jonna's Blog three month's ago . Hence I have enough work writing my own Book , instead having somebody do it for me ... I'm too lazy to write it over , so I just picked it up there and will post it here .

This story brings out the Frugalness of my Wife , not to pay more if it mean's walking back to the Hotel . It also show's my generosity toward a nice Person , that deserve's it .

Shanghai MiFeng said...
Jonna , I like to use this opportunity , to tell you of my one and only Taxi misfortune . In August last year , the day after our Wedding day . It was a Saturday and of course all the light's are on in Shanghai on the Friday and Saturday . So , my wife and I , took my Family and my Mom (from Germany)to the Pearl Tower for the View of the City . After we got down and ready to go home , about 22:00 , I stopped a Taxi for my Mom and my Uncle and Aunt and send them off to their Hotel . So , now my Wife and I , looking to do the same and stop a Taxi to take us back to Puxi from Pudong . But you think , one of them stopped ? They just kept driving right by you empty and the green light on . What is this we thought ? When , one of those Van's ( none Taxi's ) stopped and told my Wife , that will be 100 yuan . My wife told him go to you know where , your crazy . She is right , we never pay'd more then 23 yuan for the same Trip back to our Hotel . As it turns out it was going to be almost Midnight by now , and I saw a Taxi on the other side of the Road and waved him over and my God , he turned around and stopped . Took us to the Hotel Downtown Holiday Inn and he only ask for 23 yuan as usual , but it being so late and he was nice enough to take us to the Hotel , I gave him the 100 yuan , that those other Jerk's wanted . You should have seen his face and how surprised he was , as I handed him that Bill ? Heck , I still feel so good about having done that . Special People , need to be treated as such . As for my Wife , what are you doing ??? She know's now and agree's , that I have done the right thing . Hahaha

May 19, 2009 12:49 PM

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